Wamda

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia’s SAMA issues open banking policy

SAMA, Saudi Arabia’s Central Bank has today announced its intent to launch an open banking regulatory framework in the kingdom. In...

Open banking

Egypt

Cassbana raises $1 million from Distruptech

Cairo-based financial technology (fintech) startup Cassbana, has raised a six-figure pre-seed funding round led by Egypt’s...

Disruptech

Global

Why are governments hoarding Bitcoins?

Khurram Shroff is the chairman of UAE-based private equity firm IBC Group which has invested in over 4000 different Blockchain products....

cryptocurrency Bitcoin

Regional

From pearl trade to e-wallets: The rise of digital payments in the GCC

Dalal Buhejji is the director of business development, financial services at the Bahrain Economic Development Board At the turn of...

banking digital wallet

Regional

What is driving the growth of buy now pay later?

Before the emergence of online shopping, there were shopping catalogues, published and distributed by retailers who offered everything from...

BNPL Tabby

U.A.E

Is open banking the answer to boosting the UAE property market?

Michael Hunter is the co-founder of Holo Open banking is a term we have been hearing a lot over the past three years, since the...

Fintech Open banking

U.A.E

A cashless society in the UAE cannot happen without financial inclusion

Anouar Bourakkadi Idrissi is the CEO of Edenred UAE At the onset of 2020, implementation of the wide-scale lockdown and social...

Fintech financial inclusion cashless

Saudi Arabia

tabby raises $23 million in Series A

UAE-founded Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) provider tabby has raised Series A financing round of $23 million in debt and equity led by...

Tabby Fintech

Global

How did a high school dropout become a billionaire?

The school dropout who becomes a successful entrepreneur seems like a typical Silicon Valley success story, but where the likes of Bill...

NikhilKamath Zerodha

U.A.E

DIFC’s Innovation Hub to support Dubai’s future economic growth

Source: WAM The innovation mandate has expanded for the Dubai International Financial Centre, DIFC, the leading global financial centre...

DIFC Fintech MEASA

Regional

The issue of open banking [part two]

In the first part of this feature, we introduced the concept of open banking. Here, we take a closer look at the regulatory...

Fintech Open banking

Regional

The issue of open banking [part one]

Following DAPI’s open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council penned by co-founder Mohammed Aziz over a month ago, open...

Fintech Open banking DAPI

Regional

Techne Summit Alexandria 2020

Techne Summit is coming to you this year on November 7-8-9 as a Hybrid Event! So, if you can't attend in person, you can...

Regional

Providing a purpose in remittances

There are about a billion migrant workers around the world who send money to their families in remittances. This source of income is vital...

Fintech remittance now money

Regional

The slow rise of neobanking in the Middle East

This week’s biggest financial news came from Abu Dhabi after investment firm ADQ, the holding company for some of the biggest assets...

Fintech Open banking neo banking

Bahrain

FinHub 973 launches to boost fintech sector in Mena

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) launched today FinHub 973, the first of its kind virtual fintech platform in the region, in collaboration...

Fintech digital transformation Regulations

Regional

Yalla Fintech 2020 - Arab Hackathon for Financial Inclusion

Fintech Galaxy and Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have launched the virtual hackathon for...

Iraq

The angel network looking to support Iraq's startup ecosystem

Early-stage funding has long remained an issue facing startups in the Middle East. The pandemic has further exacerbated the issue with some...

KAPITA Angel Investment

Global

The rise and risk of private digital currencies

Monica Singer is the South Africa lead at ConsenSys, a US-based blockchain software technology company I am concerned that central banks...

digital currency ConsenSys

Turkey

Tarfin closes Series A round with participation from Wamda

Tarfin, the agriculture fintech startup based in Turkey, has raised $5 million in its Series A investment round with participation from...

agritech Tarfin

Global

Arab Bank invests in US-based Veem

Source: The fintech times Veem, the fast-growing global payments network built for businesses, recently announced the closing of a $31...

Ab Ventures Arab Bank Veem

Egypt

Contributing to Egypt's growth journey

Dina H. Sherif, Mohamed Okasha and Malek Sultan are managing partners at Egypt-based VC firm Disruptech. This article was originally...

Disruptech fawry Fintech

U.A.E

Open banking: DAPI's open letter to the UAE Bank Federation Advisory Council

An open letter on open banking, a framework for responsible innovation for banks and the fintech community in the UAE Members of the...

Fintech Open banking DAPI

Global

Fintech investments in EMEA rise to $4.6 billion in H1 2020

Investments in financial technology (fntech) in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) recorded $4.6 billion in the first half of 2020,...

Fintech EMEA

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